Clive Hamilton's book on Chinese influence works best when it dissects the activities of Australia's clutch of China apologists. But he struggles to show how any Beijing influence has ever been effectively used.
Iannucci is a master comedy writer, no doubt, but at some point the film lapses into a Marvel comic's view of events in totalitarian Russia.
The latest cricket scandal doesn't reveal that we are obsessed with morality but rather the way sport functions in a world where politics is failing.
Tim Winton's latest promo tour comes with a sermon about Australian men. The novelist will definitely sell books, but will he have a role to play in cultural change, too?
While its timing may have been purely providential, The Party is the perfect film for the modern political landscape.
Has O'Connor's debut novel been historically overlooked in favour of the Southern Gothics of McCarthy, Capote and Faulkner?
The author of Skin in the Game explains the slightly awkward process of learning how to interview Australia's best known true crime writer.
Eulogies of Stephen Hawking miss the mark in understanding the pop icon and scientist's wheelchair.
While the furore may have died down surrounding poor and inaccurate research in a book detailing Indigenous women musicians, Deborah Cheetham says the issue is an exhausting and common one that Indigenous Australians face regularly.
Controversial comedian Chris Lilley is back, but he probably won't be doing blackface this time. The Queensland Government announced this week that it was supporting a new project from Lilley to be shown on Netflix. The streaming giant says he won't be doing blackface.
